Contact details

Public address

Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3RB

Aims & activities

In 2017, the Society supported programmes in more than 20 countries spread across 14 Anglican provinces through relationship and partnership. Our programmes equip church leaders with skills that enable wider participation in integral mission and development as well as empower churches and ordinary people to take control of their health and communities through vibrant and participatory processes.

What the charity does

General charitable purposes
Education/training
The advancement of health or saving of lives
The prevention or relief of poverty
Overseas aid/famine relief
Religious activities
Other charitable purposes

Assets and liabilities

Fundraising

Raises funds from the Public

Gift aid

Recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Charitable spending ratios

What are charitable spending ratios?

Ratios have to be put in context. They should be read in conjunction with the charity’s financial statements
on which they’re based if they are to be interpreted correctly and sound conclusions drawn.
For example the accounting rules affect what can be classed as income or expenditure.
Where a charity which purchases land to further its objects the accounting rules do not permit including the purchase cost
as charitable spending in its accounts. Instead it is ‘capitalised’ and shown on the balance sheet.
Similarly a charity that receives an endowment it can’t spend may have a lower percentage of charitable spending as
a proportion of income in the year of receipt as compared to the previous year as a result. Ratios may also be affected by the way a
charity operates. For example, a charity which primarily generates income from investments may have lower cost of raising funds than
one which employs fundraisers. A grant-making charity funding other charities to undertake an activity will have much lower staffing
costs compared to a charity employing staff to perform that activity.

137%Charitable spending

Charitable spending (including governance costs) as a percentage of the group’s total income available for charitable activities.

83%Group income available for charitable activities

The charity group’s total income adjusted for the trading subsidiaries costs of income generation and other costs to give the percentage available to the parent for charitable spending.

0%Retained

The percentage of the charity’s total income retained for future use.

Accounts and trustees' annual report

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCHES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND
AMONGST THE CHURCHES OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY
SERVE, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, INCLUDING THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING
MEANS:
(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;
(II) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH;
(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND
SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF SUCH
COMMUNITIES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP
MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;
(IV) THE TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUPPORT OF CHURCH LEADERS;
(V) THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SUCH CHURCHES
AND COMMUNITIES; AND
(VI) ANY OTHER MEANS AIMED AT IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND PROSPECTS FOR
THE FUTURE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DEEM FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS PRACTISED IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION;
INCLUDING ACTING IN CO-OPERATION WITH PARTNERS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCH
CHARITABLE OUTCOMES.

Governing document

ROYAL CHARTERS OF 16/06/1701, 6/04/1882, 22/08/1921, 21/06/1956, AND ORDER IN COUNCIL 30/10/1964. AS AMENDED ON 19/11/96 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION MADE UNDER SECTION 74 OF THE CHARITIES ACT 1993 ON 20TH MARCH 1998 AND 9TH JUNE 1998.
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 11/12/2013